LUCIANO PAVAROTTI TO PROMOTE UN CAUSES DURING SERIES OF CONCERTS, 2005 - 2006

United Nations Messenger of Peace, Luciano Pavarotti, will promote UN causes during his Worldwide Farewell Tour of more than 40 concerts to be held during this year and into 2006.  The world’s most celebrated opera singer has offered to screen UN public service announcements and promotional videos during these concerts, as he makes his farewells to audiences around the world.

UNITED NATIONS DEDICATES WORLD HEALTH DAY TO two

 

MAJOR MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

 

Child, Maternal Mortality Need More Attention

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IPCC TO ADOPT MAJOR NEW REPORT ON SAFEGUARDING OZONE LAYER, GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM

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FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR ENERGY RESOURCE AND TRAINING CENTRE in Indonesia

Second Hydro-Power Generator Inaugurated in Subang District, West Java

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CAPSA GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETS TO ENHANCE LIVING CONDITIONS OF RURAL POOR

Promotes Agro-Related Research, Development to Alleviate Poverty in Asia-Pacific

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JAPANESE YOUTH CONTRIBUTE TO UN ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS

 

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SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CONDUCTED PEACEFULLY;

CONCERNED OPPOSITION STILL CONSIDERS CONDITIONS UNFAIR

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

‘CALLING OURSELVES COLLEAGUES OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD IS A BADGE OF HONOUR WE ALL WEAR’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE SERIES

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to open the Dag Hammarskjöld Lectures and Conversations Series in New York, 4 April:

Let me start by saying that calling ourselves colleagues of Dag Hammarskjöld is a badge of honour we all wear.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON WITHDRAWAL OF SYRIAN TROOPS

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO PARLIAMENTARIANS TO HELP ADVANCE UN REFORM

TO MEET 21^ST CENTURY CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO MANILA MEETING

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 112^th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning, in Manila, 3 April: